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Now, nearly five years later, Rose has had to accept that she will never get her Liverpudlian accent back - but says it is improving as she speaks more.

Rose said: "I’ll never get my own accent back. As long as I am able to speak again, I don't care what accent I have.

"My daughters were marvellous and never gave up on me, they helped me to get to where I am now."

Rose has had to accept that she will never get her Liverpudlian accent back (Image: Rose Griffith/Stroke Association)

Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) FAS is an extremely rare form of language disorder — so rare, in fact, that there are only about 100 known case studies of the phenomenon.

The rare speech disorder is usually found in cases of head injuries or stroke that damages parts of the brain associated with speech.

However the sufferer isn't actually speaking with an accent. The neurological damage impairs their ability to make subtle muscle movements in the jaw, tongue, lips, and larynx, which results in pronunciation that mimics the sound of a recognizable accent.